*comfort:

"So, we went, some people were saying Nigeria should break up. All the regions supported the idea, except Midwest (now Edo and Delta states), which said no, the federation should remain and continue. We went as Northern delegation, led by Sir. Kashim Ibrahim, Governor under the Sardauna to Lagos to discuss the matter."

*comfort:

"So, we went, some people were saying Nigeria should break up. All the regions supported the idea, except Midwest (now Edo and Delta states), which said no, the federation should remain and continue. We went as Northern delegation, led by Sir. Kashim Ibrahim, Governor under the Sardauna to Lagos to discuss the matter."

asha 80:

Eziachi don land

@asha 80,
My goodfriend, I am still in mid air, I haven't even landed yet. You spoke too soon.[/quote]

adconline:

Revisionists trying to rewrite history. Was the war caused because of oil or innocent killing of Igbos? What was the contribution of oil to Naija's economy before the war?

Dede1:

When Gowon took over power in the jungle called Nigeria, there is nobody from the Eastern Region that attended constitutional conference. Where did the delegates hold the constitutional conference this scumbag was talking about? There were peace missions held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Aburi, Ghana. The only region bent on secession was the east if the orderly succession of C-in-C was not followed.

The Western Region supported the so-called One-Nigeria. The elimination of one of the progressive army officers of Yoruba extraction during the coup of July 29, 1966 moved the region solidly behind the Northern Region and British conspiracy.

The truth and nothing but the truth will come to surface in the jungle called Nigeria sometime in future. My people say that “when an adult takes an object that belongs to a toddler and raises his/her hand up, when the hand starts to ache the adult, he/she must bring the toddler’s object down”.

I hope that the Efulefus among the Ndigbo are listening to the ranting of the ants.

Eziachi:

You are very right. When you think of it, Dikko was Mr nobody during that period and wasn't at Aburi, when Ojukwu was surprisingly a lone voice asking or even begging Ogundipe or Adeyinka Adebayo to take over as head of state as the two most senior officers in the army after IRONSI but the two out of fear refused and allow a very low junior officer Gowon to take over ahead of them of which Ojukwu warn them what the outcome will bring the army in the future if you neglect the chain of command.

In Aburi Ojukwu made it clear that he wanted a confederation, where each region will do their own thing with a weak centre and not once was secession mentioned and when you read the munites of Aburi, the word secession was first suggested by Sir Usman Katsina.

Declaration of Biafra stems not only from the pogrom in the north but total dumping of Aburi accord by the north, West and some midwestern elements like Ed Clarke, Enahoro and Saro Wiwa.
Having seen Enahoro spending the last vestige of his old age calling for the same thing he vigorously helped to kill and seeing Saro Wiwa murdered by the Nigerian state, Ed Clarke made to look irrelevant today and the old midwest ravaged, pillaged, tramped, looted and destroyed, the pin has finally dropped.
I wonder what they make of Dikko's comment?

The same manner and reason Patrick Lumumba declared war against Katanga. It is very funny that many dumb Africans would hold Lumumba in high political esteem.

It must be recalled that the war declared on Biafra by Gowon-led Nigeria was wholly necessitated by the Crude Oil in Eastern Region of Nigeria.

Moonstone:

Is this rocket science or what? The North would be of little power without oil and that is concentrated in the southern part.
On second thought, after seeing some of the replies on this thread, I will hold my tongue. I don't know why Igbos are so against having one Nigeria. If those resources were concentrated elsewhere, they would be fighting tooth and nail  to keep themselves in the loop. That's what i absolutely cannot stand. I can't wait to see the book.

bawomolo:

i hope your dumbass realizes katanga was a proxy of the Belgian Armed forces. Belgium basically annexed katango while placing a crony (thsombe) in power

war was declared after ojukokoro annexed the midwestern region. it was only a police action before that. Why wasn't the neutrality of a sparsely defended midwestern region respected??

Sam Milla:

Exactly, This has always brought me to my senses,
Why is it difficult for us IgboS to understand that we would have done the same if the so called oil is concentrated in the northern or western region. My only regret so far is that at this stage, the oil funds are not being managed properly.
The masses are suffering. The Poor are getting Poorer. The govt which includes the same igbos and westerners are conspiring to steal money and ship overseas. Everybody is greedy. I believe in one Nigeria. No need crying over a spilled milk. The illusion of ''igbos would have been so rich if on our own hunted me a lot when i was a kid.
It was planted into our subconscious minds by our fathers.
To move forward, we must erase that from our minds and understand that our destinies depends on working together for now.
I will remind everyone of us how happy we always are when Nigeria is playing soccer against other countries. Everyone of us jumps up when garba lawal, obafemi martins, kanu nwankwo or rashidi yekini scores.
No one recalls that they come from different tribes of the nation.
Now people, That is how happy we will be if our oil money is properly managed.
If every region is properly given their share of the revenue.
Not some educated and greedy people seizing power and buying mansions all over the world.

Sam Milla:

Exactly, This has always brought me to my senses,
Why is it difficult for us IgboS to understand that we would have done the same if the so called oil is concentrated in the northern or western region. My only regret so far is that at this stage, the oil funds are not being managed properly.
The masses are suffering. The Poor are getting Poorer. The govt which includes the same igbos and westerners are conspiring to steal money and ship overseas. Everybody is greedy. I believe in one Nigeria. No need crying over a spilled milk. The illusion of ''igbos would have been so rich if on our own hunted me a lot when i was a kid.
It was planted into our subconscious minds by our fathers.
To move forward, we must erase that from our minds and understand that our destinies depends on working together for now.
I will remind everyone of us how happy we always are when Nigeria is playing soccer against other countries. Everyone of us jumps up when garba lawal, obafemi martins, kanu nwankwo or rashidi yekini scores.
No one recalls that they come from different tribes of the nation.
Now people, That is how happy we will be if our oil money is properly managed.
If every region is properly given their share of the revenue.
Not some educated and greedy people seizing power and buying mansions all over the world.